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The Redskins primary weapon in the backfield was running back Earnest Byner, who
ranked 5th in the NFL with 1,048 rushing yards, while also catching 34 passes for
308 yards and scoring 5 touchdowns. Rookie running back Ricky Ervins was also
a major asset to the running attack, rushing 145 times for 680 yards to earn
an average of 4.7 yards per carry, while also catching 16 passes for 181 yards.
And when Washington was near the goal line, they usually relied on fullback Gerald
Riggs, who rushed for 248 yards and scored 11 touchdowns. The Redskins offensive
line, known as "The Hogs", was led by Pro Bowl tackle Jim Lachey and guard
Mark Schlereth. "The Hogs" allowed the fewest sacks in the league with just
9, 10 sacks less than the team that allowed the second fewest. Even Washington's
special teams unit was a big threat. |
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SB 26 Champion Washington Redskins |
Washington entered Super Bowl XXVI leading the league during the regular season with
485 points while allowing just 224. The team was led by Mark Rypien, head coach
Joe Gibbs' third different starting Super Bowl quarterback (after Joe Theismann
in Super Bowls XVII and XVIII, and Doug Williams in Super Bowl XXII). Rypien
led the NFC during the regular season in passing yards (3,564) and touchdown
passes (28). With 249 out of 421 completions and only 11 interceptions, he earned
the second highest passer rating in the league (97.9). Rypien had several great targets to whom he could throw. Wide receiver Gary Clark was the main deep threat on the team, catching 70 passes for 1,340 yards and 10 touchdowns. On the other side of the field, wide receiver Art Monk, playing in his 12th NFL season, was just as reliable, catching 71 passes for 1,049 yards and 8 touchdowns. Monk's 71 receptions in 1991 gave him a career total of 801, just 18 behind the all-time record held by Steve Largent. Wide receiver Ricky Sanders was also big element of the passing game, catching 45 passes for 580 yards and 5 touchdowns. |
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Running back Brian Mitchell gained 1,183 yards and scored 2 touchdowns returning
punts and kickoffs. Washington's defense, which ranked third in the NFL in fewest yards allowed (4,638), was led by all-pro defensive back Darrell Green, who was one of the fastest players in the NFL, and Pro Bowl linebacker Wilber Marshall. Both recorded 5 interceptions each, with Marshall recording 75 return yards and a touchdown, while also compiling 5.5 sacks. |
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Mark Rypien passed for 292 yards and two touchdowns as the Redskins overwhelmed the
Bills to win their third Super Bowl in the past 10 years. Rypien, the game's most valuable player, completed 18 of 33 passes, including a 10-yard scoring strike to Earnest Byner and a 30-yard touchdown to Gary Clark. The latter came late in the third quarter after Buffalo had trimmed a 24-0 deficit to 24-10, and effectively put the game out of reach. Washington went on to lead by as much as 37-10 before the Bills made it close wih a pair of touchdowns in the final six minutes. Though the Redskins struggled early, converting their first three drives inside the Bills' 20-yard line into only three points, they built a 17-0 halftime lead. And they made it 24-0 just 16 seconds into the second half, after Kurt Gouveia intercepted Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly's pass on the first play of the third quarter and returned it 23 yards to the Bills' 2. One play later, Gerald Riggs scored his second touchdown of the game to make it 24-0. Kelly, forced to bring Buffalo from behind, completed 28 of a Super Bowl-record 58 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted four tlmes. Bills running back Thurman Thomas, who had an AFC-high 1,407 yards rushing and an NFL-best 2,038 total yards from scrimmage during the regular season, ran for only 13 yards on 10 carries and was limited to 27 yards on four receptions. Clark had seven catches for 114 yards and Art Monk added seven for 113 for the Redskins, who amassed 417 yards of total offense while limiting the explosive Bills to 283. Washington's Joe Gibbs became only the third head coach to win three Super Bowls. |
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6 37 Bills 0 0 10 14 24 |
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Date January 26, 1992 Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome City Minneapolis, Minnesota MVP Mark Rypien, Quarterback Favorite Redskins by 7 National anthem Harry Connick, Jr. Coin toss Chuck Noll Referee Jerry Markbreit Halftime show Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill Attendance 63,130 TV in the United States Network CBS Announcers Pat Summerall and John Madden Nielsen Ratings 40.3 Market share 61 Cost of 30-second commercial US$850,000 |
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Super Bowl XLII, Glendale, Ariz. Feb. 3, 2008 Super Bowl XLIII, Tampa, Fla. Feb. 1, 2009 Super Bowl XLIV, South Florida TBA, 2010 Super Bowl XLV, North Texas TBA, 2011 |
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Up front, their line was anchored by defensive end Charles Mann, who recorded 11
of Washington's 50 sacks, and recovered a fumble. The Redskins stormed to a league best 14-2 regular season record. After crushing the Detroit Lions on opening day 45-0, they recorded 11 consecutive wins before suffering their first loss to the Dallas Cowboys 24-21. Their only other defeat was a meaningless loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the final game of the regular season in which they rested most of their starters because they had already clinched the #1 NFC playoff seed. |